The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed the death of two, and infection of five people from Lassa fever in Edo, Ebonyi and Ondo states, including a health worker. This was contained in the NCDC latest figures on Lassa fever published yesterday in its Week 44 (October 29 to November 4, 2018) outline.…

As part of efforts to tackle the high rate of unemployment, the Edo State Government is collaborating with the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA), to develop skills on job creation in the country. Specifically, the initiative, through the NECA-ITF Technical Skills Development Project (TSDP), is aimed at improving and developing skills of the citizens of…

The Edo State Police Command has arrested eight suspects, who allegedly traded in Nigerian currency at different locations across Benin City, the Edo State  capital. Parading the suspects yesterday, the state Commissioner of Police, Johnson Kokumo, said the “offence contravenes the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Act,” which criminalises the sale of  Nigerian currency. Kokumo…

As Nigerians await a new minimum wage, Kwara State Governor, Abdufatah Ahmed has implored state governors to increase revenue generation in their respective states to meet up with the new minimum wage. The governor made this call in Abuja during his presentation at the 4th National Internal Generated Revenue (IGR) peer-learning event organised by the…

There is controversy and there is rancour and subdued anger in Edo State chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC). The tension, which heightened after the just concluded primaries, is unabating. Prior to the recent impasse, there has been widespread expression of dissatisfaction and unrest leading to protests and counter-protests over the conduct of the party’s…

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says President Muhammadu Buhari has kept Nigeria “safer than it was before the advent of his Administration in 2015”. The minister stated this on Monday in Abuja at a ceremony to bid farewell to foreign bikers who had undergone a tour of the nation’s monuments, museums…

The Federal Government has commenced the disbursement of soft-loans to micro-scale entrepreneurs, under its micro-credit scheme, TraderMoni, in Edo State. Beneficiaries of the loan, which is part of the Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP), include traders and artisans drawn from different areas of the Benin metropolis. Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, had in June…

The National Economic Council (NEC) has urged governors to declare emergency on education in the 36 states of the federation. It also urged the state and federal governments to allocate at least 15 per cent of their yearly budgets to education with a view to revolutionising the sector. They were also enjoined to constitute a…

The unrelenting flood wreaking havoc on farmlands across the country portends food security crisis. Already, affected communities in Delta, one of the four affected states declared a national disaster by President Muhammadu Buhari, are counting their losses. The implication of this disaster, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, who was in the state for an…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has annulled the Zamfara State governorship primaries. The party adduced malpractices, such as snatching of election materials and result sheets, as reasons for the annulment. In a statement by its Acting National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Yekini Nabena, the party stated that a new date for the conduct of a fresh…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said of 76 cases of monkey pox reported in 2018, 37 have been confirmed with one probable and two deaths in 15 states.

It is not easy to situate the political barometer of former Lagos State governor, Bola Tinubu in the Southwest geopolitical zone. Tinubu’s political fortunes increased exponentially after he served out his two terms as governor and handed over to his preferred candidate, his former chief of staff.    While Tinubu flourished both economically and politically…